Casey vs Guthrie Center

A side-by-side comparison of Casey and Guthrie Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Casey and Guthrie Center are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Guthrie Center has the higher population (1,603 vs 387 in Casey). Guthrie Center has the higher median household income ($67,679 vs $51,250 in Casey). Guthrie Center has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $90,000 in Casey).

Population, income & housing

	Casey	Guthrie Center
Population	387	1,603
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$67,679
Median home value	$90,000	$117,100
Median gross rent	$844	$839
Housing units	169	762
Homeownership rate	77.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casey	Guthrie Center
Population	385 → 387 (+0.5%)	1,678 → 1,603 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,906 → $51,250 (+31.7%)	$50,598 → $67,679 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $90,000 (+44.0%)	$83,100 → $117,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $844 (+14.4%)	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)

Casey

Population

385387

Median household income

$38,906$51,250

Median home value

$62,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$738$844

Guthrie Center

Population

1,6781,603

Median household income

$50,598$67,679

Median home value

$83,100$117,100

Median gross rent

$672$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casey	Guthrie Center
Under 5	0.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	19.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	18.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.4%
75 and over	10.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casey	Guthrie Center
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casey	Guthrie Center
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	44.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casey	Guthrie Center
Drove alone	74.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	7.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casey	Guthrie Center
1-unit, detached	89.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Casey	Guthrie Center
Poverty rate	28.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1946